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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1942
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs steady to 10 cents lower with top at 15.30 and various weight bands listed. Cattle demand remains steady with calves 400 steady and top steer price 15.75, while lambs stay active and bids firm for good to choice types. Estimated Saturday totals: cattle 300, hogs 300, sheep 200.
Chicago August 14 receipts show Eggs firm with 9 786 cases and dirties 380 to 31. Firsts and extra firsts hold at 35 and 34 percent, current receipts 32. Poultry receipts 37 trucks with market unsettled and hens and broilers shifting values across several percent ranges.
Chicago price table shows open high low and close figures for grains and soybeans across Sep, Dec and May futures. Corn and barley futures hover near the 86 to 74 cent range with minor shifts. Soybeans trade around 1.71 dollars in Oct and Dec positions with small variations.
The destroyer fought off enemy planes, cruisers and destroyers before being sunk in an engagement.
Chicago August 14 cash grain report shows mixed bids for corn with several lots around 1.02 plus various yellow and yellow 84 86 ranges. Oats bids list multiple mixed lots from 50 to 49 and white and red specials with quoted prices around 49 to 60.
The column lists weekly sales at Columbus Junction and Whittaker sale barn with upcoming events. August 17 features Stanley Smith household goods on the Sidney Smith farm near West Chester at 1:30 PM. August 20 presents Hampshire sow and gilt sale by EK R Brenneman Keota Iowa.
Pehler and Shockey were chosen as delegates to the national VFW convention in Cleveland Ohio set for late August. Alternates from the post will be Lemley and Schaeffer. The group discussed a fried chicken supper on August 25 and noted Commander Palmer has Washington county honor roll pictures for sale. The post assists 18 to 26 year olds in joining the army air corps and provides exam prep and physicals to avoid delays. Six applicants have been accepted as aviation cadets: Lowry Fetes Baker Edmondson Burham and Kurtz with Kurtz enlisting in the navy air corps.
Crawfordsville high school class of 1922 held its annual reunion at Sunset Park in Washington on a cool evening. Ten members, six present, gathered with Dana Barnes Oma Strain William Bicher Chester Talma Sipe Cherryholmes Pearl Orris Hering and families. guests Mary Cherryholmes and Dorothy Waters attended.
Pewter served as essential tableware for nearly a century before the Revolution with widespread small scale production. Communities housed pewterers who made plain practical items from molds, many households sharing molds, and the metal offered decor as a soft gleam in homes and open cupboards.
Dr. Robert S. Harris of MIT announced two 20 gram formulas at the New England Dental Society meeting in Boston. The blends aim to be complete foods costing $1.80 yearly and resembled cereals. a daily two ounces of tomato juice would supply vitamin C. Dr. Harris said they might be offered to government but unlikely to replace normal diet.
Four major globe companies face internal friction as wartime demand spikes and fades. Map buying surged after the war began then declined, with brief activity after Germany invaded Belgium. Corrections loom from census data and rail lines abandoned over the past decade affect atlas accuracy.
Mrs. R. Arbuckle of Champaign Illinois notes a cow in the American magazine wears pants on its front legs. The garments shield the legs after a lightning fire damaged the hide.
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